Whether you are an entry-level employee or the CEO of your company, there will come moments when you need to leverage your public speaking skills. This can be everything from delivering a presentation to your entire team to pitching a colleague on a new idea.

Yet while we understand how important public speaking skills are, most of us struggle to develop these skills. Some of it is because we don’t necessarily know how to improve our public speaking skills. For others, it is fear of public speaking in the first place. So what can you do to

become a better public speaker? In this video from the Dubb Action Summit, Dubb Creative Director Shannon Leonard and Stephanie Nuesi spoke about how we can sharpen our public speaking skills. Stephanie is the CEO of Max Up, which is a career consulting firm that helps students and professionals land their dream careers and maximize their potential. In the conversation, Stephanie speaks about things like why fears of public speaking are more common than you may think, the importance of practice in overcoming those fears, why Ted Talks are great resources to study public speaking, and why breathing exercises can make you more relaxed when you’re about to speak. Enjoy the conversation!